Business Statement

When the House resumes on 7 April, priority will be given to the Appropriation (2007/08 Financial Review) Bill debate. Wednesday, 8 April, will be a members’ day, but it is expected that at 5 p.m. on that day the Rt Hon Helen Clark will make her valedictory statement to the House. Thursday will be a day on which we concentrate on the third readings of the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Bill and the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Bill. On that day, the House will lift at 5 p.m. for the Easter break.

I ask the Leader of the House whether there is any possibility of the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Bill and the Gambling Amendment Bill (No 2), in the name of the Hon Dr Richard Worth, being debated early next week, because the Opposition is keen to debate those two particular bills.

I report to the House that the Order Paper is full of possibilities.